MAX O'RELL AND THE AMERICANS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2581, 26 January 1889, Page 2 (Supplement)

MAX O'RELL AND THE AMERICANS.

Max O'Riill, having delighted the Yankees with his descriptions of John Bull, is now in his lectures in England reviewing the promiuent points of the American cousin. No man with any selfrespect lias anything to do with affairs of State, and when a Senator gains by some mischance an invitation to a select party, says Max O'Rell with characteristic exaggeration, the master of the house, on hearing his name announced, first enjoins on his servants to keep an eye on the silver, and then sees that the hats and coats in the hall are counted. With ail their openness and cordiality there exists in some American cities certain circles more reserved and select than any in Mayfair or the Faubourg St. Germain. On the journey out from Liverpool a party of American men played poker incessantly, with an entirely fresh oath for every card they threw down. On the Sunday morning a young lady was playing sacred airs on the piano, and the poker party coming into the saloon stood around, and for two hours sang hymns and psalms with the greatest cheerfulness and energy. Max O'Rell has, he is sorry to say, met men in other eountries who swore; he has also mot, he is glad to say, men who sang hymns; but he believes America to be the only place which produces men who do both with equal facility. The American girl possseses many charming qualities, but she overdresses ; and the word simplicity is not found in the vocabulary of a New York dressmaker.